Wael Ibrahim – The secret of quitting Pornography Revealed QnA

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Today Insha Allah, I'd like to answer the

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following question that I received and I often

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receive almost on daily basis. What is the

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best way to quit *? Now the questioner

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is asking about the best way as if

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there is one magical

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formula for those who are stuck within the

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cycle of *, but that's not true. However,

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I would say if you wanted to start

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off your journey towards recovery, there is one

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thing that you must

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apply in your life and that is lowering

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the gaze. Look away from that which you

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know would bring you back to square 1.

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Lowering the gaze away from that which is

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unlawful is a concept that Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala had introduced to us in the Quran,

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and it was, of course, taught and practiced

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by the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the

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early generation

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for a very important reason, and that is

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to prevent and to protect your private part

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from doing anything sexually unlawful. Allah told

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us in the Quran,

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Tell to the believing men to lower their

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gaze and to guard their modesty. Lowering the

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gaze and guarding the modesty are mentioned one

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after the other to indicate that if we

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lower our gaze by default, by natural, our

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private part will be protected. And the same

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command is given to women. Tell them to

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lower their gaze and to guard their modesty.

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So if you wanted one tip to help

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you start your journey towards recovery, it will

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be lowering the gaze.